Many people have told me they are surprised by the amount of work I accomplish each week, from team members to clients, and I travel most of my time. In this post, I'd like to share some of my strategies. Although they aren't exactly secrets, I hope they can inspire you to take action on achieving your goals.
As I wrote is the previous post, being poor sucks so, please, invest your time and your brain on building something good, something that can help you living a fulfilled, rich, financial free life.
I don't belong to the productivity cult, which is only focused on completing tasks to feel like you're living your life to the fullest. I used to be a member of this group, but now I reject this idea. I am totally focused on results. All the rest is just conversation and I do not have more time for it.
Let’s analise my work:
At the end of each year, I review my previous year and reflect on what I want to achieve in the coming year.
At the end of each month, I do a review of my previous month and set targets for myself for the month, aligning them with my yearly targets.
Every Monday morning, I review the previous week and set targets for the current week, aligned with my monthly targets.
Every day, I put down in writing what I want to accomplish. Although I don't always complete everything on my daily list, the aim of creating these targets and goals is to make sure I stay on track. This system aligns my long term vision with my everyday tasks, making sure I don't lose sight of my goals.
Five THINGS
I do 5 things everyday, that’s it. I do not waste time on things that don’t matter.
Besides setting targets, I hold myself accountable to a group of entrepreneur friends, my coach, my team, and even my family sometimes. Accountability is power. It helps me move towards my greater intentions even when I feel like I want to remain in my comfort zone.
When I feel resistance, which happens very often, I use a focus session to overcome it. Yoga, breath exercises and meditation. These sessions work like magic.
I start my mornings with hot black coffee and a planning session that takes only about 5 minutes. I block things off on the calendar so I know I am making time for important tasks. I check my portfolio of stocks, ETF, options and commodities.
When at home
Every day, I clear out emails and messages and move on to work on my first task. The rest of the work session depends on what's on my calendar. I talk with my assistant and my team. Maybe I have a bunch of calls and videon-calls, in which case I can't do long focus sessions. In that case, I will schedule short sessions in the morning and late afternoon and leave space for exercise, self-care, and meditation. I always finish my workday with a short review and check-in with my team before moving on to spend quality family time.
When I travel
I concentrate everything in 30-60 minutes in the early morning then I enjoy the trip without calls and emails. My Sena interphone is set to avoid calls, I only get some directions tip from my Garmin GPS.
We all have 24 hours a day, 1.440 minutes. If you know what to do, you have a plan and a strategy, one or two hours a day are more than enough to manage business life.
I try to draw learning from whatever is happening around me and develop curiosity. I practice this by doing regular reviews every day, week, month, and year. This helps me catch whatever is happening around me and use it as an opportunity to learn something new.